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<blockquote data-quote="Ferrix" data-source="post: 2450962" data-attributes="member: 6115"><p><strong>Magic and Psionics</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Overview</strong></p><p>The world of Cthon does not have the arcane magic of wizards and sorcerers, nor the divine powers of clerics and favored souls. Yet there are still traditions of magic found amongst some cultures and races, a magic which taps into the Spirit Realm for it’s power, drawing upon the primal energies of nature. Even more common than these traditions of magic are the powers of the mind which can be found in any race.</p><p></p><p><strong>Spirit Magic</strong></p><p>The magic of the spirit shamans, Shugenja and Wu Jen springs from an understanding of the Spirit Realm which exists alongside the material world. Each individual tradition connects to the Spirit Realm in a different manner. Spirit Shamans exist an intermediaries for the powerful spirits of nature and the elements, as well as drawing upon the power of their ancestors spirits. By bargaining with these spirits, they can produce powerful effects. Shugenja hail from the Empire of the Endless Sun and are those who are able to attune themselves to ebb of the primal energies which flow through the material world from the spirit realm. They can harness and direct the flow of these energies. Wu Jen also hail from the Empire of the Endless Sun, they are learned scholars and hermits, using esoteric methods and formulas to direct energies of the Spirit Realm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Druidic Magic</strong></p><p>The magic of the druids lays only in the hands of the elves of Laerendhor. So closely tied to the Spirit Realm, as fey creatures themselves, they are far more at one with the natural order than any wielder of spirit magic and can muster the powers of the natural order with ease, assume the form of animals and the elements, and befriend creatures of the wild.</p><p></p><p><strong>Psionics</strong></p><p>The powers of the mind are the most common supernatural forces which can be wielded by mundane hands. Whether it stems from a disciplined examination of the deeper recesses of one’s mind or the release of unbridled emotional energies, the power of the psionic mind is undeniable. Where the power comes from is a minor point of scholarly contention, many think that the power resides ultimately within the individual mind, and that all sentient creatures are capable of unlocking the mysterious inner eye. Yet there a few who speculate that there is another realm called the Astral Plane which all sentient creatures are connected to, and it is this astral realm that we reach out to when we delve deep into our own psyches. These same few scholars speculate that the Mythar are creatures of this astral realm, creatures of the mind given corporeal form.</p><p></p><p><strong>Shadow Magic</strong></p><p>Whispered words of ancient warlocks who wield the powers of the Eternal Shadow are often dismissed as horrible rumors, often too afraid to recognize the incredible, all-consuming temptation that the power of the Eternal Shadow holds. The powers of the Eternal Shadow are ancient and unforgiving, and those who wield them bent with the taint of the plane of shadows. Even the Mythar shy from such dark powers, and legends tell of a human who, during the Mythar invasion, discovered an ancient seal deep within the earth that released into him the powers of the Eternal Shadow. With these dark powers he turned upon the Mythar and wrought havoc upon them and anything in his path. It took some of the most powerful Mythar to quell this inhuman threat, and even then with great loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ferrix, post: 2450962, member: 6115"] [b]Magic and Psionics[/b] [b]Overview[/b] The world of Cthon does not have the arcane magic of wizards and sorcerers, nor the divine powers of clerics and favored souls. Yet there are still traditions of magic found amongst some cultures and races, a magic which taps into the Spirit Realm for it’s power, drawing upon the primal energies of nature. Even more common than these traditions of magic are the powers of the mind which can be found in any race. [b]Spirit Magic[/b] The magic of the spirit shamans, Shugenja and Wu Jen springs from an understanding of the Spirit Realm which exists alongside the material world. Each individual tradition connects to the Spirit Realm in a different manner. Spirit Shamans exist an intermediaries for the powerful spirits of nature and the elements, as well as drawing upon the power of their ancestors spirits. By bargaining with these spirits, they can produce powerful effects. Shugenja hail from the Empire of the Endless Sun and are those who are able to attune themselves to ebb of the primal energies which flow through the material world from the spirit realm. They can harness and direct the flow of these energies. Wu Jen also hail from the Empire of the Endless Sun, they are learned scholars and hermits, using esoteric methods and formulas to direct energies of the Spirit Realm. [B]Druidic Magic[/B] The magic of the druids lays only in the hands of the elves of Laerendhor. So closely tied to the Spirit Realm, as fey creatures themselves, they are far more at one with the natural order than any wielder of spirit magic and can muster the powers of the natural order with ease, assume the form of animals and the elements, and befriend creatures of the wild. [B]Psionics[/B] The powers of the mind are the most common supernatural forces which can be wielded by mundane hands. Whether it stems from a disciplined examination of the deeper recesses of one’s mind or the release of unbridled emotional energies, the power of the psionic mind is undeniable. Where the power comes from is a minor point of scholarly contention, many think that the power resides ultimately within the individual mind, and that all sentient creatures are capable of unlocking the mysterious inner eye. Yet there a few who speculate that there is another realm called the Astral Plane which all sentient creatures are connected to, and it is this astral realm that we reach out to when we delve deep into our own psyches. These same few scholars speculate that the Mythar are creatures of this astral realm, creatures of the mind given corporeal form. [b]Shadow Magic[/b] Whispered words of ancient warlocks who wield the powers of the Eternal Shadow are often dismissed as horrible rumors, often too afraid to recognize the incredible, all-consuming temptation that the power of the Eternal Shadow holds. The powers of the Eternal Shadow are ancient and unforgiving, and those who wield them bent with the taint of the plane of shadows. Even the Mythar shy from such dark powers, and legends tell of a human who, during the Mythar invasion, discovered an ancient seal deep within the earth that released into him the powers of the Eternal Shadow. With these dark powers he turned upon the Mythar and wrought havoc upon them and anything in his path. It took some of the most powerful Mythar to quell this inhuman threat, and even then with great loss. [/QUOTE]
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